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I ve been out kiteboarding the last 5 days at third ave. and on thursday my wife and I went to Coyote point by the airport because she wanted to windsurf

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, Aug 13 10:00 PM

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I've been out kiteboarding the last 5 days at third ave. and on
thursday my wife and I went to Coyote point by the airport because
she
wanted to windsurf someplace different. I'm getting upwind
consitantly
and making most of my jibes for whatever that's worth. But it is
expert
only type kitesurfing because down wind is rocks. The fact is, not to
many people kite there. Anyway I took a long reach outside with my
wife
were I usually would stay close to shore because the wind was
stronger
outside & I was pinching to get farther upwind and I noticed that I
was
under the flight path of a couple of big jets out there. No worries
because they're to far off for the kite to mean anything. So my wife
jibed and I chicken jybed in front of her and about 10 seconds later
I'm racing across the water faster than I've ever gone and the next
second I'm launched over 25 ft in the air by some jet wash, hanging
from my harness, dangling above the water higher than i've ever been
in
my life! After i got picked up and reached the apex, I jammed the
bar
back (like in the video!) and I must of hung up there for about 3
seconds and then I came floating down (like a baby) and landed on the
water upright, board still attatched. . . I could of sailed away(!),
but I got in the water for a couple of seconds to memorize what had
just happened and make sure I wasn't tripping out! I was giggling
acctually!! My wife couldn't believe what i had just done (and sailed
immediately back to the beach for some unknown reason). She asked me
later if I had meant to do that? Yea, like Right! (I'd been
talking
about trying some jumps finally). She didn't realize that I had hit
jet
turbulence up 30 meters above the water! It felt like when I was a
little kid and the older kids tossed me off the rocks where we used
to
dive and swim in the river --totally caught off guard! I ended up
kiting for another 45 minutes though, but stayed inside this time.
Well, everyone's got a 'kitemare', so there is mine. Can't wait to
get
out tomorrow!
See ya

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